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Snapshot of the day
October 9, 2023
Pratik Kanjilal
Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana and Mizoram will go to polls in November, and about 16 crore votes will be counted on December 3. Only Chhattisgarh will vote in two phases.
A single judge bench of the Delhi High Court today heard arguments for the quashing of Newsclick founder Prabir Purkayastha’s detention and reserved its judgment. Kapil Sibal, appearing for Newsclick, noted several glaring infirmities in the detention. A key question at stake is the police did not provide Purakayastha with the grounds for his
